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Nigeria Customs come under fire from Senate for shootings Nigerians
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Nigeria Customs come under fire from Senate for shootings Nigerians

1 year ago714 min

The Nigeria Customs Service has come under fire from the Senate for the frequent killings and shootings of Nigerians, particularly those who reside in border towns. The Senate specifically denounced the Customs agents’ indiscriminate shooting in Katsina State on July 13. Following that, an ad hoc committee was established by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to look into claims of abuse and human rights breaches against the NCS. The choice was made in response to a...

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CJN Finally spoke About Alleged Phone Call With Tinubu
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CJN Finally spoke About Alleged Phone Call With Tinubu

1 year ago775 min

Hon. Mr. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has finally appeared to address the claims that President Bola Tinubu called him regarding ongoing procedures before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). there are claims that the Chief Justice has refuted making a phone call. Dr. Festus Akande, the CJN’s spokesperson, denied the allegations in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, “it is imperative to state clearly that there is no...

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Tinubu orders probe into NDLEA’s killing of two-year-old boy in Delta
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Tinubu orders probe into NDLEA’s killing of two-year-old boy in Delta

1 year ago1362 min

The death of two-year-old Ivan Omhonrina by a stray bullet during an operation by agency officers at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has been the subject of a prompt and thorough investigation order from President Bola Tinubu to the management of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The president asked that anyone found guilty in the event be punished, according to a statement made on Tuesday by Dele Alake,...

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NLC Rejects FG’s Palliative, Says Proposed Cash Transfer Robs Poor To Pay Rich
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NLC Rejects FG’s Palliative, Says Proposed Cash Transfer Robs Poor To Pay Rich

1 year ago9115 min

The Federal Government’s intentions to borrow $800 million to pay for palliative care in the form of cash transfers to some poor and vulnerable Nigerians have been roundly denounced by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, released a statement on Tuesday outlining the Congress’ position. Ajero referred to the plan to give N8,000 to each of the 12 million poorest households in Nigeria for a period of six months as...

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Second Election: Keyamo Reacts As CJN Allegedly Tells Tinubu, APC To Prepare For Rerun Election
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Second Election: Keyamo Reacts As CJN Allegedly Tells Tinubu, APC To Prepare For Rerun Election

1 year ago894 min

As CJN allegedly instructs Tinunu and the APC to be ready for a runoff, Keyamo responds Festus Keyamo, a former minister of state for labour and employment, has remarked that he never dreamed that the defeat in the 2023 elections would drive opposition candidates mad with depression. Rather than patiently waiting for the judiciary to carry out its constitutionally mandated function in the election process, he claimed, opposition members have instead created a bewildering array...

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How PDP Raises Alarm Over Alleged Threat By APC To Intimidate PEPC
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How PDP Raises Alarm Over Alleged Threat By APC To Intimidate PEPC

1 year ago804 min

The All Progressives Congress (APC) threatened to intimidate the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday, prompting concern from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The group claimed that the written threat made by attorneys to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC to the PEPC was an attempt to intimidate the judiciary in advance. “The statement by the lawyers in the said written address threatening crisis and anarchy in the country in the event that...

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Breaking: LP Replies Tinubu over Threat of Anarchy, Reveals Next Move
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Breaking: LP Replies Tinubu over Threat of Anarchy, Reveals Next Move

1 year ago738 min

The Labour Party (LP) has reacted to a warning by President Bola Tinubu and his legal team to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) sitting in Abuja. Tinubu, through his counsel, allegedly told the Tribunal that nullifying the election that brought him to power on account of the 25 percent of lawful votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory could lead to chaos. Reacting in a statement, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party,...

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Wole Soyinka wants FG to reopen case of Deborah Samuel, other religious killings
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Wole Soyinka wants FG to reopen case of Deborah Samuel, other religious killings

1 year ago1483 min

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on the Federal Government to reopen cases of religious killings in the country. Soyinka made this appeal on Channels Television during his 89th birthday celebration on Sunday while he also sought a visa ban on religious bigots. A second-year student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, Deborah Samuel was killed on May 12, 2022, over allegations of blasphemy. “I also demand that the case...

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‘Ambode Ready To Replace Abiru As Senator For Lagos East, Wale Edun Marked For Ministerial Appointment’
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‘Ambode Ready To Replace Abiru As Senator For Lagos East, Wale Edun Marked For Ministerial Appointment’

1 year ago1423 min

There is speculation that a former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, might replace the senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Tokunbo Abiru. According to a report on Friday, Ambode visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting comes after the President met with Ambode at the state reception organised by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on June 29 at the State House. Tinubu publicly acknowledged Ambode’s presence, saying,“ I’m glad...

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CORRUPTION: LAWYERS GROUP, LUAC GIVES TETFUND BOSS, ARCH. SONNY ECHONO, FIVE DAYS TO RESIGN OR FACE MASS ACTIONS
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CORRUPTION: LAWYERS GROUP, LUAC GIVES TETFUND BOSS, ARCH. SONNY ECHONO, FIVE DAYS TO RESIGN OR FACE MASS ACTIONS

1 year ago17010 min

LUAC alleged that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) under the leadership of Arch. Sonny Echono as Executive Secretary has become a conduit pipe for high level contract fraud, procurement racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices.* A group named Lawyers United Against Corruption (LUAC) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono to resign over his alleged complicity in massive corruption, contract fraud, procurement racketeering...

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